Barry O'Rorke or baz (born 3 March 1989) is an inter-county

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er and hurler for

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. He plays his club hurling and football with

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and has been a member of the senior panel in both codes. He received his secondary education at the Irish medium school

Coláiste Eoin Coláiste Eoin is a Catholic voluntary Gaelcholáiste (Irish language scondary school) for boys, under the trusteeship of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust, in Booterstown, County Dublin, Ireland. It has hurling and Gaelic football teams, traditio ...

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. In 2007, O'Rorke received a sports scholarship to

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(UCD) for his contributions in both Gaelic football and hurling. O'Rorke is a speaker of the

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and is noted for saying his Leinster championship speech in the language in June 2007. He is the brother of former Under-21 Dublin hurling player Shane O'Rorke "shaz" and Dublin minor hurling player Oisin O'Rorke "Oiaz".

Playing career

Football

He played with Dublin in the

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in 2007 but failed to make the final after losing to

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. In 2008, O'Rorke started at corner forward the first round U21 Football Championship match against Kildare which Dublin lost by one point. O'Rorke kicked two points from play. On 27 October 2008 Barry won his first

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with an appearance as substitute. He then went on to win, a

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title and then an

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medal on St Patrick's day in 2009. He won a Dublin and Leinster Senior Football Championship medal with Kilmacud Crokes for the second time in 2010. He won the Leinster and All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship with Dublin in 2010.

Hurling

He began his campaign in the

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against

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as team captain of the Dublin minor hurling team for 2007. Dublin beat

by 1-13 to 0-06 to qualify for the final against

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. O'Rorke won the 2007 Leinster championship with Dublin by 2-14 to 1-10 at

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. He scored a total of 1-02 in the game. O'Rorke also had club success in 2007 as

won the Dublin Minor Hurling Championship scoring a total of 1-04. He won the Dublin Senior Hurling Championship with Kilmacud Crokes in 2012 against Cuala at Parnell Park, he scored during the game.

References

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